I just got an email with the sender listed as "President Barack Obama." I had a little moment of awe, because I have been getting emails from "Barack Obama" and "Joe Biden" and "Michelle Obama" and some doofuses from the Texas Democratic party, but there’s obviously been a transformation somewhere down the line, a change from SPAM sent by people who want something from me, and SPAM sent by someone who already got it.
I thought about how this was a new moment in history, where the President of the United States could reach out and communicate with millions of constituents on an intimate level, virtually instantaneously.
And then I deleted the email without reading it.
I can only hope that when the President needs to reach me personally that he has my non-SPAM email address. Or that he at least personalizes the subject line a little.
